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Dancing to the Brink of Warnew
Actor and author Stephen Fry turns director for this colorful group snapshot of monied revelers in 1930s London.
Austin Chronicle |
Kiimberley Jones |
09-24-2004 |
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Tags: Bright Young Things, Stephen Fry
Fry's Film Shines With Social Satirenew
His experiences prepped Fry for writing and directing the satiric social X-ray of London's glitterati in the 1930s. He takes some liberties with Evelyn Waugh's second novel, but he lives up to the book's precise comic timing and scalding satire.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-23-2004 |
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Tags: Bright Young Things, Stephen Fry
Vile With a Smilenew
In this fairly faithful adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's trenchant novel Vile Bodies, our giddy hosts are the eponymous "bright young things," the glammy, restless, 24-hour party people of 1930s England, busily getting bombed before busily getting bombed.
Miami New Times |
Gregory Weinkauf |
09-14-2004 |
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